Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

On October 31st, 1517, a German, Roman Catholic priest named Martin Luther made public his critiques of the Roman Catholic Church in a document called “Ninety-Five Theses”. From this document, came three more pamphlets criticizes the authority and hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, “including the papacy, as corrupt and immoral, and questioned its right to rule over Christians and interpret Holy Scripture” (Carter and Warren, 75). As you can tell, Luther threw some pretty hefty accusations…

Shortly after his rise to power Charlemagne was crowned Augustus by Pope Leo III, and by taking this title the Carolingian court became independent of Byzantium. This created conflict with Constantinople, and while Charlemagne began to restore ties the emperor of Byzantium, Irene, was dethroned.…

Gutmann further states that "the Thirty Years ' War was a complicated event, part civil war, and international war. The war began as a conflict in central Europe between the Catholic Habsburg emperor and his Bohemian subjects over religion and imperial power. This Bohemian civil war quickly escalated as German princes lined up along sectarian lines to support one side or the other. Gutmann 's ideology goes on to say that the Thirty Years ' War…

There was once a beloved ruler, who encouraged schools and knowledge for everyone, while conquering territory and governing the city to the best of his ability. Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great, was a widely known emperor who ruled most of Western Europe from 768 to 814. His father, Pepin the Short, was Mayor of the Palace to king, who ruled over the Frankish kingdom for fifteen years until his death in October 768 AD. When his father died, the Franks placed the two brothers,…

Throughout many years people have made history in many different types of ways. There has been many events around the world that impacted our present history. While there are countless number of events that has shaped many countries. There are some major events that stand as markers of great change, that if it would of never happen; our present could probably be quite different. The Thirty Years' War, The French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years' War, The French Revolution, World War…

Around 476 AD, the Roman empire witnessed its own decline and fall. The Germanic tribes near the area each took a shot at the extensive kingdom and eventually, the Roman empire was weakened and finished off. Although the empire was gone, aspects of it were scattered throughout Europe. From around 481 to 511 AD, a Germanic leader by the name of Clovis began to unite a group of Germanic people, the Franks, under one empire and saw an opportunity to grow and flourish (Doc A). The Franks, and its…

recognized, they were not allowed to be practiced. This takes us into the first phase of the Thirty Years war which has become known as the Bohemian phase. The Bohemian Phase began when a Calvinist noble threw two Holy Roman Empire officials from a window. This made the Holy Roman Emperor very upset and caused his desire to annihilate the Calvinists in Bohemia. His quest proved to be successful as he eliminated Protestantism from Bohemia. Moving forward in the war, the Catholics…

The Thirty Years' War was a great power struggle between Catholics and Protestants of Europe. Countries became involved for not only religious reasons but also political and economic reasons. Warring factions among the Protestants and Calvinists brought upon more unrest within the Christian community and it was only inevitable that a religious war would soon break out. Firstly, the Council of Trent led to suspicions of Catholic conspiracy. Moreover, Ferdinand stripped the political freedom of…

The Thirty Years’ War was a change between actions for religious reasons to actions for political reasons. The war started with Ferdinand II’s war against Frederick V to regain the Bohemian Crown that was originally his, but after Frederick had been defeated, Ferdinand, who was Catholic, completed the goal he set previous to his war against Frederick by demanding that all lands originally Catholic that became Protestant be returned to Catholic. He also decreed that because Calvinists were not…

An example of a reason as to why Charles V thought that he had failed at the end of his reign may have been the growth of Protestant Lutheranism in Germany. This growth led to distrust between Charles the Emperor of much of the Catholic world and German princes who had turned to Protestantism as the alternative to Catholicism. A clear criticism of Charles can be seen in the writing of William Robertson, ‘To check the growth of these evils (Protestantism) , and to punish such as had impiously…